Hello from Croatia! I have begun my adventure in GNU/Linux with LM 11, one year ago. After several attempts with Live DVD and USB, I decided to install it as my only OS. It served me well for couple of months, I was satisfied, but then I decided to take the next step and opted for LMDE. Somehow I don't like Ubuntu (it's not just because of Unity) and I also preferred a rolling distro. It was just last week when I made another important step in my brief GNU/Linux career and I passed through the big upgrade, from UP 4 to UP 5, without any trouble. I don't believe it's my merit, though, it's because of great work done by the Mint developers. I am happy with LMDE, Mate is an excellent choice for me, but I admit one day my heart will be at ease when I finally settle with Debian. I do believe in your work, because you have offered us a great distro, with excellent tutorials and many kind people willing to help. However, I regard LMDE as a 'little Debian', which is fine and helps me to learn about some 'big brother's' whims. So, I am here to learn, slowly but steadily, before going on. At the end, let me introduce my hardware:

Hi rudar, welcome to the Linux Mint forums Thanks for joining the forums!

Be sure also to check out the Community website (ideas, tutorials, and hardware and software reviews). You can also chat in real-time with other LMDE users. In the Mint Menu, in the Internet section, start the application XChat IRC. You will automatically get connected to #linuxmint-debian for support with other LMDE users. You can also type "/join #linuxmint-chat" to join the chat channel.

Hello everybody! Thank you for your kindness (at the very beginning, a very useful tip from Vincent). I am just a modest user, but it makes me proud to be a member of the Mint community. Although I admit I am here mostly because I am still very insecure about installing pure Debian, I will definitely use this opportunity to learn more. And I will definitely spread the word about LMDE, inviting others to join us. So, I am looking forward to our little adventure. Cheers!

I am from Hong Kong. LM mate 32 bit is my first choice till now as a substitue for Windows 7. I really hate win 7 for its time consuming update which hinders me from turning of my computer on and off.Though I also found some issues for updating the LM mate, I still find it simple and stable enough for my daily works.

Thanks for the crew for developing LM which I found linux is really usable as a desktop distro other than Windows.

Hello, VincentHo. I opened this topic to introduce myself and you followed in my footsteps, instead of opening your own topic. Also, you apparently don't use LMDE. But never mind, welcome! I am inviting you to join me on LMDE.